Skills Assessment Overview: This Course is designed to evaluate a participant’s ability to perform all of the skills listed along with demonstrating an appropriate level of knowledge. This assessment course provides the participant with the opportunity to receive documentation of having achieved a certain level of paddling ability. It is expected that participants interested in pursuing this award will have participated in a minimum of three, full day journeys e.g. longer than 8 nautical miles.

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ACA Membership required for Certification

Time: 9am

Location TBD depending on conditions needed to perform assessment:  10 - 15 knot winds  1 - 2 foot waves (chop) (0.3 – 0.6 meters)  1 - 2 foot surf (0.3 – 0.6 meters)  1 - 2 knots of current At least 3 of the above conditions must be present during some part of the assessment, possibly Tillamook Bay or Columbia Gorge

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Cost $129 plus 6% fee charged by booking company

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